JAY — Town officials are looking into whether it is feasible to plow the Jay school properties and what the cost would be to provide the service. Regional School Unit 73 representatives asked town officials in each of the school district’s towns if there’s an interest in plowing school properties in each town, Jay Town […]
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Pollard Scholarship applications available, ATV Club permission granted
LIVERMORE — Administrative Assistant Amy Byron reminded selectpersons Tuesday night that applications for the Pollard Scholarship are available during business hours at the Town Office. Completed applications are due back by 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 8. A committee will review the applications, Byron said. The Pollard Scholarship was started in 1980 after it was learned […]
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Jay sewer rate to increase $25 on July 1
JAY — All 807 town sewer system users will see their bills increase by $25 a year beginning July 1. Selectpersons voted 3-2 Monday to increase the minimum base fee from $250 to $275 for up to 3,200 cubic feet of water use. For any amount that exceeds the minimum use the current rate of […]
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Jay voters to consider proposed $5.2M municipal budget
JAY — Residents will decide on a $5.2 million municipal budget and elect town, school and water district officials Tuesday, April 26, at the polls. Voting is from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Jay Community Building. The selectpersons’ proposed spending plan is $368,434 less than the current budget. After factoring in $1.38 million […]
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Jay has two contested selectperson races
JAY – Voters will have two contested selectpersons races to consider when they head to the polls from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 26, at the Jay Community Building. No one asked questions Monday during a public hearing on a proposed $5.2 million town budget for 2016-17. The proposal, which will also […]
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Jay to remove road weight-restrictions at Polycor’s request
JAY — Selectpersons voted Monday to remove vehicle weight-limit restriction posters on portions of Old Jay Hill and Woodman Hill roads so Polycor, a Canadian-based company developing the North Jay White Quarry, can continue construction of its granite-curbing plant. The posters were to be removed Tuesday morning on Old Jay Hill Road from Routes 4 […]
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Jay’s proposed municipal budget reduced, again
JAY — Selectpersons on Monday trimmed another $1,850 from the budget from gas accounts in the Buildings and Grounds and Police Department budgets. Budget Committee members agreed. Panel member Ricky Merrill opposed all of the proposed budgets. The reduction brings the tentative proposed budget for 2016-17 to $5.26 million. The spending plan is $373,209 less […]
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Jay panels to consider draft $5.3M spending plan
JAY — Selectpersons and the town’s Budget Committee will vote on a draft proposed $5.3 million budget for 2016-17 on Monday, Feb. 22, and Tuesday, Feb. 23. The meetings will be held at Spruce Mountain High School in Jay. Prior to Monday’s meeting, selectpersons will hold a regular meeting at the school at 5:30 p.m. […]
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Jay tentively reduces draft spending plan by 10 percent
JAY — Selectpersons and Budget Committee members worked 3½ hours Thursday night to make $169,000 in tentative cuts from a $5.4 million draft 2016-17 budget. The overall goal was to reduce the budget by 10 percent. Department heads had already reduced the proposal by $250,000. The cuts will be reviewed Feb. 22 and 23 at […]
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Jay panels search for cuts in draft $5.42 million budget
JAY — Selectpersons, Budget Committee members and department representatives went through the draft municipal budgets for 2016-17 Monday night looking for ways to cut spending. The proposal, without any cuts, was $5.42 million, which is $216,066 less than the current budget. That is not factoring in an anticipated $1.36 million in revenues. At the forefront […]